说曹操，曹操到

shuō cáo cāo , cáo cāo dào

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Same as 说曹操曹操就到 shuō cáo cāo cáo cāo jiù dào

1. lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives
2. fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear

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Child Words of 说曹操，曹操到

• 到 到 dào: to reach; to arrive
• 说 说 shuì: to persuade
• 说 说 shuō: to speak; to talk; to say
• 操 操 cāo: to grasp
• 曹 曹 cáo: class or grade
• 曹操 曹操 cáo cāo: Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕